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H PETERSON OIGAR GAGE AND BUT CUTTER.

Pa tented Sept. 10, 1867.

H. PETERSON.

Cigar Cutter.

Patented Sept. 10, 1.867.

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HENRY PETERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Letters Patent Nb. 68.785, dated September 10, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-GAUGE AND BUT-OUTER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it knoivn that I, HENRY PETERSON, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois,

have invented a. new and useful Cigar-Gauge a-nd But-Cutter combined and I do hereby declare that the foliowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the sccompanying drsrvings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents the side elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 represents the top view of the same.

Figure 3 is the section of theslideund trough, and t Figure 4 the ground plan of the knives.

Similar letters of reference markcorresbonding parts of the machine. I

The nature of my invention consists in a. slotted trough, the iength of which may be gauged for the required length of cigars by means of adjustable slide. Also, it consists in a knife so arranged that it not only cuts oil' the but of a. cigar at a required length,.but splits the but itself lengthwise at the some time.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention; '1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation. 7 i

A is a block, on which the machine is mounted; B, a. piece of hard wood, on which the bots of cigars are out oh.- 0 iso slotted trough. D is a. slide, consisting of, a. head, a, the screw oi which, 6, works in a. nut, c, that compresses a piece of India. rubber, d, and thereby adjusts the slide in any desirable position, the nut c sliding in o. groorc to fit it. E is a standard, to which lever G is pinned, to the flat end 'of which a. double knife, H, is secured, consisting of a knife, h, tocut 0d the butsof cigars, ands-knife, h; set at a. right angle tothe knife k, to cut the buts of cigars lengthwise at the same time.v K is another standard, with-a slot in it to guide and make steady thelcver G that passes through it. A spring, L keeps the lever, with the knives, up, .when the machine is not worked. h

The operation consists in this, that the width of the box to be filled with cigars is measured, and the slide 1) is adjusted according to that measure; the cigar, after being made, is laid on the trough C, its point pressed with a finger right up to the slide, while the irrist of the hand presses down the lever andthe knives, the result of the operation being the" cutting off of the but and the splitting of it lengthwiseat the same'tirne. These buts, when split lengthwise, can bc rea.dily used for fillings again.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patient, is-

1. The double knife H, arranged and constructed as described, in combination with the-lever G, standards E and K, and spring L, the whole arranged and operating substantially as and in the manner herein set forth.

2. The combination of the double knife H with the slotted trough G and the slide D, the whole arranged substantially as and in the manner herein described and for the purpose specified.

HENRY PETERSON.

Witnesses:

JJB; Tuuculs, .Jss. R. HAYDEN. 

